Brasilia

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA – Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was freed from immigration detention in the US on April 15, according to an ally of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and a source from Brazil’s federal police. Ramagem, who fled Brazil in September following his conviction for plotting a coup…

BRASILIA - Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem has been detained by ICE in the United States, the agency reported on its website on April 13, after he fled Brazil in September following his conviction for plotting a coup with ex-president Jair Bolsonaro . Ramagem, a former Federal Police inspector,…

PUBLISHED : 18 Mar 2026 at 13:45 A student uses her mobile phone at a public school in Planaltina, Brasilia. (Photo: AFP) BRASíLIA — Brazil began implementing new measures on Tuesday to restrict minors' access to social media and prevent them from viewing violent or illegal content. A law regulating…

The son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, reacts outside the hospital where his father was taken in Brasilia, Brazil, on Friday. Jair Bolsonaro, has been imprisoned in a Brasilia penitentiary after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in a coup attempt. Photo…

BRASILIA — Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied a request from imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro for a visit from a Trump administration official, a court document showed on Thursday (March 12). Lawyers for Bolsonaro asked the Brazilian Supreme Court earlier this week to allow Darren Beattie, who…

Just three months ago, Brazil seemed close to winning the highest level of international trade protections for the country’s symbol and namesake, the Brazilwood tree (Paubrasilia echinata). On Nov. 26, Brazil’s delegation was in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the summit of CITES, the global trade convention under which 184 countries plus…

Indigenous people take part in a ritual as they occupy the Cargill’s Santarem port terminal, to protest against plans to dredge the Tapajos river and move more grains like soy and corn destined for export markets, in Santarem, Brazil, February 23, 2026. — Reuters pic (New users only) Unlock 4%*…

Key takeaways In 2018, Brazil elected a president named Jair Bolsonaro who attempted the sort of authoritarian power grabs that President Donald Trump is currently doing in the United States. Except the key word is attempted: Unlike in America, Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court worked to constrain the president and…

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO — When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva learnt that a samba school in Rio de Janeiro would base its carnival parade this year on his journey from factory worker to president, he broke into tears and then smiled for pictures holding the school's flag. But,…

BRASILIA, Jan ‌29 (Reuters) - ​Brazil's ‌federal police arrested ​on Thursday a ‍suspect with ​ties ​to ⁠Islamic State accused of preparing a suicide attack, a ‌source familiar with ​the matter ‌told ‍Reuters. The police ⁠said in a statement that an operation supported by ​the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had…